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Berrien Minute Men Arrive at Causton's Bluff
On the night of April 16, 1862 the Berrien Minute Men, Company D, 29th Georgia Regimen moved to Causton's Bluff, between Savannah and Tybee Island. They came along with other companies of the 29th Georgia Regiment to reinforce the 13th Georgia Regiment which had fought an engagement with Federal troops of the 8th Michigan Infantry the evening before on Whitemarsh Island. Causton's Bluff was also the site of Camp Stonewall Jackson, the encampment of the 47th Georgia Regiment.
The Berrien Minute Men Company D, under command of John Carroll Lamb, was the second of two companies of that name going forth from Berrien County, GA in 1861. They had made their campfires most of the previous year at coastal defenses of Georgia, first on Sapelo Island and then around Savannah, GA.
The Berrien Minute Men Company D had been encamped at Camp Tattnall, Savannah, GA and from that vantage point had witnessed the Federal bombardment and recapture of Fort Pulaski by U.S. Army forces from Tybee Island on April 11, 1862, exactly one year to the day from the Confederate seizure of Fort Sumter. Within the week the Federal forces were probing the Confederate pickets on Whitemarsh Island, prompting the move of the 29th GA Regiment up to Causton's Bluff.
- Causton's Bluff Part 1: The Key to Savannah
- Causton's Bluff Part 2: Challenge from Tybee
- Causton's Bluff Part 3: War on Whitemarsh Island
- Causton's Bluff Part 4: Arrival of the 29th GA Regiment
- Causton's Bluff Part 5: Tidewater Time
The Berrien Minute Men had arrived at Causton's Bluff in the middle of the night on April 16th, having been aroused by an alert and summoned as reinforcements. After a quick march in darkness they took up a position at the bluff, only to find by morning it was to be their new encampment. Their equipment was sent down the next day. Berrien Minute Men Company D (K) and most of the other companies of the 29th Regiment spent May of 1862 at Causton's Bluff. The Ocklocknee Light Infantry, Company E, was at Debtford Plantation adjacent to Causton's Bluff. Berrien Minute Men Company C (G) continued to serve at Battery Lawton on the Savannah River.
In some ways, the arrival of the Berrien Minute Men must have been similar to the experience described by Walter Augustus Clark upon his arrival at Thunderbolt battery, overlooking the marsh just south of Causton's Bluff:
My earliest recollections of Thunderbolt is associated with a fruitless effort to mix turpentine soap and salt water. We had reached the place tired and dusty and dirty. As soon as the ranks were broken, the boys divested themselves of their clothing and soaping their bodies thoroughly plunged into the salt water for a bath. The result may be imagined. The dirt and dust accumulated in streaks, which no amount of scrubbing could dislodge for it stuck closer than a postage stamp.
For some men, the prospect of duty on theriver batteries was unbearable. On April 21, in a downpour, two men deserted their post at Thunderbolt Battery and made their way to pickets of the 48th NY Volunteer infantry, where they surrendered. The deserters carried word that there was a reign of terror in Savannah. The deserters were taken down to Gen. Viele's headquarters on Daufuskie Island.
The 29th Regiment's move to Causton's Bluff may have presented a welcome distraction to Lieutenant Thomas J. Perry of the Berry Light Infantry. At Camp Wilson, a previous encampment of the 29th Regiment, Lt. Perry had gotten into a Regimental Feud with an officer of the 25th Georgia Regiment, publicly condemning gambling and loose discipline among the men of the 25th Regiment. Lieutenant W.P.M. Ashley of 25th Regiment had Perry hauled before a military tribunal and courtmartialed. Lieutenant Perry was still awaiting the sentencing of the court. In early May, he was relieved to learn that the sentence from his court martial was a mild one: a reprimand from the Colonel and one week's suspension. Ready to get on with the business of the regiment, Perry wrote:
Causton's Bluff, near Savannah, GA
May 8, 1862
Our Regiment is on picket duty on Oakland [Oatland] and Whitmarsh Island [Whitemarsh Island], in connection with the 13th Regiment and 11th Battalion. We have had no fighting yet, though we are sometimes in shooting distance of the Yankees…There are no prospects of a fight here soon…The weather is remarkably pleasant. Days moderately warm and nights cool. The sea breeze is delightful. There is but a few cases of sickness in our company. It is much more healthy here than our up country friends would suppose. We have good water, but not so good as you have in Floyd [County].
Perry's assessment of the healthfulness of the camp at Causton's Bluff would turn out to be overly optimistic. The 29th Georgia Regiment had yet to face the oppressive heat and pestilence of summer on the marsh. The men at Causton's Bluff would suffer with mosquitoes, fleas, sandflies, fever, malaria, measles, tonsillitis, mumps, wounds, typhus, dysentery, pneumonia, tuberculosis, syphilis, hepatitis, and rheumatism.
At Thunderbolt Battery, Walter Augustus Clark wrote further of summer conditions on the marsh:
We fought and bled, it is true, but not on the firing line. The foes that troubled us most, were the fleas and sand flies and mosquitoes that infested that section. They never failed to open the spring campaign promptly and from their attacks by night and day no vigilance on the picket line could furnish even slight immunity. If the old time practice of venesection as a therapeutic agent was correct in theory our hygienic condition ought to have been comparatively perfect. During the "flea season" it was not an unusual occurrence for the boys after fruitless efforts to reach the land of dreams, to rise from their couches, divest themselves of their hickory shirts and break the silence of the midnight air by vigorously threshing them against a convenient tree in the hope of finding temporary "surcease of sorrow" from this ever-present affliction. It was said that if a handfull of sand were picked up half of it would jump away. I can not vouch for the absolute correctness of this statement, but I do know that I killed, by actual count, one hundred and twenty fleas in a single blanket on which I had slept the preceding night and I can not recall that the morning was specially favorable for that species of game either. I remember further that as we had in camp no "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals," I corked up an average specimen of these insects to see how long he would live without his daily rations. At the end of two weeks he had grown a trifle thin, but was still a very lively corpse. But these were not the only "ills, that made calamity of so long a life," for as Moore might have said, if his environment had been different,
"Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber's chain had bound me,
I felt the awful bite
Of 'skeeters buzzing 'round me "
Their bills were presented on the first day of the day of the month and, unfortunately, on every other
day. At our picket stations on Wilmington and Whitemarsh Islands and at the "Spindles" on the river where the young alligators amused themselves by crawling up on the bank and stealing our rations, there was a larger variety known as gallinippers, from whose attacks the folds of a blanket thrown over our faces was not full protection.
But there were still others. On dress parade in the afternoons, while the regiment was standing at "parade rest" and no soldier was allowed to move hand or foot until Richter's band, playing Capt. Sheppards Quick step, had completed its daily tramp to the left of the line and back to its position on the right, the sandflies seemed to be aware of our helplessness and "in prejudice of good order and military discipline" were especially vicious in their attack upon every exposed part of our anatomy Capt. C. W Howard, I remember, was accustomed to fill his ears with cotton as a partial protection. I have seen Charlie Goetchius, while on the officers' line in front of the regiment, squirm and shiver in such apparent agony that the veins in his neck seemed ready to burst. Neither whistling minies, nor shrieking shells, nor forced marches with no meal in the barrel nor oil in the cruse ever seemed to disturb his equanimity in the slightest degree. Quietly and modestly and bravely he met them all. But the sandfly brigade was a little too much for him. In addition to these discomforts, the salt water marsh, near which we were camped, never failed to produce a full crop of chills and fever… Of the one hundred and fifteen men in our ranks only three escaped an attack of this disease. The writer was fortunately one of the three. One man had fifty-three chills before a furlough was allowed him. Quinine was scarce and boneset tea and flannel bandages saturated with turpentine were used as substitutes. Whiskey was sometimes issued as a preventative. In pursuance of a resolution formed on entering the service I never tasted the whiskey and as soon as my habit on this line became known, I was not subjected to the trouble of looking up applicants for the extra ration.
At Causton's Bluff in May, 1862 Joel J. Parrish, Berrien Minute Men, went out on sick furlough; despite his absence he was promoted to Sergeant on May 13th. Charles R. Oliver, Alapaha Guards, was absent sick, but returned and in August was on special duty as a nurse; he later deserted. Reuben Dollar and Isaac B. Stroud, Berry Infantry, came down sick and went home. Dollar was sent to the convalescent camp at Springfield, GA & never returned to the unit. John G. Stroud and John L. Tanner, Berry Infantry, were at hospital in Augusta, GA. James Sellars, 17th Patriots, contracted measles and was sent to Guyton Hospital at Whitesville, GA. On May 11, 1862, Isaac Watson, Thomas Volunteers, was certified disabled at Causton's Bluff because of fever and rheumatism. On May 12, 1862, Joseph N. Singletary, 17th Patriots, died at Screvens Ferry, and George W. Fletcher, Alapaha Guards, was sent home with an "indolent ulcer" on his right leg that went clear down to the bone. Richard M. Aycock, Berry Infantry, was discharged on May 14, by reason of a severe cut across his foot with an axe which he received before he came into the service. W. E. Carter, Thomas Volunteers, died of pneumonia May 15, 1862. Daniel M. Banks, Berry Infantry, got sick and was sent to Savannah where he died of fever May 15, 1862. William Ferris, Berry Infantry, on May 15 was at Augusta and died of fever.
James H. Archer, Thomasville Guards, got sick and went home; he died of typhoid dysentery in his mother's house on May 18, 1862. On May 20, 1862, Frederick Green Thompson, 17th Patriots, died of pneumonia at Screvens Ferry. T.S. Gregory, Thomas Volunteers, who being too weakened and impaired for duty had been serving as a nurse for the previous two months, was discharged at Causton's Bluff on May 21, 1862 with consumption. James Jones, Alapaha Guards, was discharged May 22, 1862 on account of chronic nephritis. Wesley A. Pugh, Ocklochnee Light Infantry was discharged May 23, 1862 with tertiary syphilis, chronic rheumatism, and chronic hepatitis. On May 24, Lewis J. Collins, Thomas Volunteers, died of typhoid fever at Causton's Bluff. Philip Schiff, 4th corporal of the Thomasville Guards, 29th GA Regiment, was found physically unfit for duty and discharged on May 26, 1862. Robert A. McKinnon, Ocklochnee Light Infantry, died of typhoid fever on May 27,1862. John E. Dickey , Ochlocknee Light Infantry, got sick in May, went to the hospital and never returned. On May 28, 1862, Waldo McCranie, Berrien Minute Men, was discharged on account of rheumatism; he reenlisted in 1863. On May 29, 1862 Cpl. R. M. Hancock, Thomas Volunteers, died of typhoid fever at Causton's Bluff. James N. Winn, Ocklochnee Light Infantry was sick at hospital in Savannah; the following month he furnished John E. Bryan as a substitute and received a discharge. Jasper M. Luke, Berrien Minute Men, was discharged about this time with chronic rheumatism. Matthew Godwin, Thomas Volunteers was discharged on account of tuberculosis on May 31, 1862 – the regimental assistant surgeon was of the opinion Godwin suffered from "a hereditary taint in his blood" since his mother also had tuberculosis.
On May 11, 1862, the Federals made another showing on Whitemarsh Island opposite Causton's Bluff:
Savannah Republican
More Prisoners. – Our pickets on the marsh opposite Causton's Bluff captured another respectable batch of Yankee Prisoners yesterday afternoon [May 11, 1862], and without firing a gun.
It seems two detachments were sent out from the 13th Georgia, and stationed in the marsh near Augustine creek. During the afternoon a boat was heard coming from towards Wilmington, when the nearest party threw themselves down in the marsh and awaited its arrival opposite them. Unconscious of danger, the Federals rowed up to within a few yards of the pickets, when the latter suddenly sprang to their feet and ordered a surrender. Taken by surprise, and unarmed, the entire party, numbering fifteen, gave up and came ashore. They were taken in custody by Colonel [Marcellus] Douglass and brought to town for safe keeping.
The prisoners are fifteen in number – six officers, good looking, well dressed men, and the remainder seamen, all from the steamer Sumter, stationed off Wilmington. They were doubtless reconnoitering, but say they were bound for Fort Pulaski, on a trip of pleasure. The capturing party consisted of only four.
Federal gunboats periodically challenged the Confederate batteries, trying to navigate through the marshes into St. Augustine Creek. Cannon fire from the batteries overlooking Whitemarsh Island was easily heard by the men of the Berrien Light Infantry, Company I, 50th Georgia Regiment encamped some three miles west near Fort Brown. On May 18, 1862 Sergeant Ezekiel Parrish of the Berrien Light Infantry wrote of hearing the cannonade of Thunderbolt Battery:
May 18, 1862, Savannah, GA
We heard some heavy firing of cannon last night about 9 o'clock. There was ten or fifteen fired in quick succession and then at intervals of ten or fifteen minutes I heard some four of five of the heaviest guns I ever heard in my life. Some thought the fight had commenced but up to this time all is quiet here as far as regards a general engagement with the common enemy. I heard that the shooting we heard was at Thunderbolt battery firing at one of the enemy's gunboats that was trying to poke by our batteries and reports say she made the best of her way back to her own quarter.
Men from Causton's bluff were constantly rotated on picket duty or patrolling on Oatland and Whitemarsh Island and the surrounding creeks. A ferry was kept at a dock below the bluff to move the men across St. Augustine Creek. In June, 1862, Pvt Harmon N. Baldree, Berrien Minute Men, and Pvt Mitchell Griffin, Thomas Volunteers, were among the men on detached duty as ferrymen. Lieutenant Thomas J. Perry of the Berry Light Infantry wrote on May 20,
Causton's Bluff, Near Savannah, Ga.
May 20, 1862
Since my last letter we have lost, by death, two more member of our company – Daniel M. Banks and W. N. Farris, the former died in the city at St. John's Hospital, the latter in the Augusta Hospital. This makes four we have lost. The entire company deeply sympathise with the friends and relatives of each, although they did not die on the battlefield, in the defense of their homes and firesides, yet they fill a soldier's grave and are justly entitled to the Honor as tho' they did, for they have been found in the line of battle more than once, for the purpose of meeting the enemy in a deadly conflict. When sickness did not prevent, they were true and trusty.
There is but few on the sick list at present, none seriously so. Our duties are laborious at present. Our company have to go on the Island every four days, in addition to working on the fortifications.
While on the island today we saw a large balloon go up from Fort Pulaski, several times, and remain up several minutes at a time.
There does not seem to be any prospect of a fight here soon, if ever. If there is any it will doubtless be a river fight, and if we don't whip the fight, it will not be because we had not time to prepare for it.
Recruits are coming in rapidly to the different companies, swelling their ranks to a respectable size.
In June 1862, Colonel Claudius C. Wilson, was present on special duty as commander of the post at Causton's Bluff; his regular duty was commander of the 25th Georgia Regiment.
In June, 1862, sickness at Causton's Bluff continued to take a toll on the effectiveness of the 29th Georgia Regiment. Jacob Marks and John T. Barker of the Berrien Minute Men were among many who were absent sick. Isaac Baldree, Berrien Minute Men, was at the general hospital at Guyton and J.S. Massey, Thomasville Guards, was "absent sick in hospital"; both were discharged by civil authority in August. William W. Spencer, Captain of the Ocklochnee Light Infantry, who had been on station at Camp Mackey went on sick furlough. Abel A. Braswell, Seventeenth Patriots, went on sick furlough and was discharged by civil authority in September. John W. Callahan, Berry Infantry, was furloughed on sick leave and was absent sick for seven months. William Shores, Berry Infantry, was absent sick in June and July. John Johnston, 1st Lt of the Stephens Volunteers was sick at Causton's Bluff, then under arrest for two months before going back on the sick roll; in December, 1862, he was detailed as an enrolling officer. Isaac H. Carter, 17th Patriots, went on sick leave in June and died of disease October 10, 1862. Council Singletary, 17th Patriots, was on sick furlough. Benjamin P. Singletary, Thomas Volunteers, was absent sick, then detailed to work in the regimental hospital. Asa C. Crowe, Stephens Volunteers, discharged with disability at Causton's Bluff, June 3, 1862 because of an old accidental gunshot wound to his left hand. On June 9, 1862, Corporal John A. Money, an over-age soldier of the Berrien Minute Men, was discharged at Causton's Bluff, being disabled by frequent attacks of intermittent fever. Lt Robert Thomas Johnson, Thomas Volunteers, went home sick from Causton's Bluff on June 10 and Lt. John Green Lindsey, Seventeenth Patriots, died of disease that same day. Sgt Sherod S. Little, Ocklochnee Light Infantry, was discharged for disability on June 22, 1862 after suffering an acute attack of rheumatism and pericarditis. William G. Price Ocklochnee Light Infantry, reported as a substitute for Michael H. Young, but was detailed June 26, 1862 as a tailor. William Cowart, Berrien Minute Men, enlisted November 18, 1861 and was discharged for disability on June 26, 1862; Captain J. D. Knight said he has "been unfit for duty two thirds of the time since he has been in the service, has had measles, tonciliatus, mumps, fever, and seems to have indication of dropsey." Tim G. Whiddon, Thomas Volunteers went to St. John's Hospital, Savannah and died of typhoid fever on June 26, 1862. Daniel B. Lammons, Ocklochnee Light Infantry, went on sick leave in June and died of typhoid fever in Thomas County on the 4th of July, 1862. On June 30, 1862, Samuel Staten, Alapaha Guards, was reported sick in an Augusta, GA hospital.
On June 11th, 1862 the Chatham Artillery joined the garrison at Causton's Bluff, having moved from their previous station at Camp Hardee on Cedar Hammock. (A detachment of the Chatham Artillery had been captured at the fall of Fort Pulaski.) The camp of the Chatham Artillery at Causton's bluff was named Camp Stonewall Jackson. A Historical Sketch of the Chatham Artillery provides a complete roster of the company on arrival at the bluff and describes the conditions of the encampment:
Situated as was the camp in the vicinity of the rice fields, low grounds, and brackish marshes of the Savannah river, and therefore in the midst of a truly malarial region, the men suffered so generally and so severely from fevers, that at one time there were scarcely cannoneers enough in camp to perform guard duty, or drivers to attend to stable duties. Several deaths occurred…
Junior 1st Lieutenant John E. Wheaton wrote:
June 11th – Vacated the camp at Cedar Hammock and camped at Causton's Bluff, in company with a brigade of infantry in command of Col. C.C. Wilson. The guard and picket duty there was severe, and the situation one of the most unhealthy in Chatham county. A large number of the men were made sick. Privates Wylly J. Cash and James Rafferty died in hospital at Savannah, August 7th, and Private W. H. Elliot at Cartersville, Ga., August 12th. – Reminiscences of the Chatham Artillery during the war 1861-1865
In mid-June the first tropical storm of the 1862 season moved off the coast of Georgia. It formed approximately 340 miles (550 km) east of Savannah, Georgia on June 15 and moved slowly north before dissipating a few days later. The Savannah Morning News reported: Rain and Thunder Storm. – We had a heavy fall of rain last night, accompanied with high wind, vivid lightning and thunder. Between ten and eleven o'clock the storm raged with great fury, the rain descending in torrents, the heavens continually illuminated with the flashing lightning, followed by teriffic peals of thunder. While sheltered from the storm we could but think what a terrible night it was for our soldiers in camp.
At Causton's bluff, the 4th of July, 1862 passed with ambivalence. But Independence Day was still marked by the Federal troops occupying the coastal areas. At Fort Pulaski, Pvt. William B. Howard, 48th NY Volunteers, wrote in his Journal:
July 4th 1862
Beautiful day. not much of a fourth in Dixie[.] fired a salute of, 13 guns. Went over to Dawfuskie [Daufuskie] Island in the afternoon, took a walk around our old camp ground. Co B doing picket duty over there. returned about Sun down [Sundown[.] Major O. T. Beard made a speeck [speech?] to the Regt. fiew [view?], fire works in the evning [evening].
Private Ned Holmes, 25th Georgia Regiment garrisoned at Causton's Bluff, wrote home:
I had almost concluded there was no Yankees about here till I heard them shooting on the 4th. There is plenty of cannon whether there are any Yankees with it or not. I suppose they fired some 2 hundred big guns at 1 o'clock at 2 or 3 different points.
The officers' examination conducted July 1862 at Causton's Bluff officially confirmed the election of officers held in May, 1862. This examination officially confirmed Jonathan D. Knight as Captain, Company D (later K)
Regimental returns for July 1862 from the Berrien Minute Men Company D are sparse, but it seems the health of the company suffered as much as any at Causton's Bluff. On July 27, 1862 Sergeant John W. Hagan wrote, "The company is very sickly & dose not seem to improve. The health of the troops at this post is very bad. We have had 3 deaths in 24 hours & others expecting to die evry day." That month, Stephen Roberts and Guilford Tomlinson, Alapaha Guards, were at a convalescent camp; Roberts died of pneumonia the following month at the Springfield convalescent camp. Lt. Thomas J. Perry, Berry Infantry, was absent sick, but returned in August. James Rhodes, Berry Infantry, went to hospital and was furloughed home to recover; he was back in November, detailed as a ferryman. James W. Ferris, Berry Infantry, was sent to Springfield convalescent camp, then to hospital and eventually deserted. Thomas Allen and George W. Kirk, Stephens Volunteers, were at convalescent camp; Allen spent the rest of the year in the hospital or furloughed sick. Merritt A. Chandler, Stephens Volunteers, was sent to the hospital at Whitesville, GA then was in and out of hospitals until February, 1863, when he was diagnosed with "Tertian Fever," a type of malaria in which the fever spikes every three days. Calvin H. Kytle, Stephens Volunteers, went to the hospital in Savannah. Nathaniel Bryan, Seventeenth Patriots, went on sick furlough. John D. Hires, Wiliam F. Southwell, Lt William Pendarvis, Moses W. Spence, James H. Hodges John T. Strickland, William Thornton and William F. Southwell, Georgia Foresters, were sick in the hospital. Hodges would be out for four months, Strickland six months, Southwell and Thornton never returned. Spence was detailed as a nurse. Randall Phinnie, Thomas Volunteers, was absent sick. F. M. Rawls and J. S. Rawls went to the convalescent camp. F.M. Rawls headed home without leave and died December 9 in Thomas County. J. S. Rawls was sent to Springfield and never returned. James W. Farris, Berry Infantry, went to a convalescent camp and was out five months. Toliver Trapp, Berry Infantry, was at convalescent camp; he had been working as a nurse in the Savannah hospital. Reuben R. Pyles, 17th Patriots, was at the Convalescent camp. Barry Scoggins, 17th Patriots was under arrest at Oglethorpe Barracks, Savannah; he escaped in November 1862. On July 2, 1862, John Muller reported as a substitute for John G. Fondren and deserted the same day. Hayes Singletary, who had enlisted in the 17th Patriots in May, died of pneumonia on July 3, 1862 at Causton's Bluff. On the 4th of July, 1862, James Sellars, 17th Patriots, died of pneumonia at Guyton Hospital. On July 10, John Tomlinson, Alapaha Guards, furnished a substitute to serve in his place. J. Peacock, 17th Patriots, died of fever, July 10, 1862. On July ll, 1862, Lewis Ebbinger, who worked in the company commissary of the Ocklochnee Light infantry, died of congestive chill. J. Kilby Carroll was discharged at Causton's Bluff on July 16, 1862 as "incapable of performing the duties of a soldier because of chronic ulceration of the leg"; he later was sent to Ocmulgee Hospital, Macon, GA and worked in the Confederate States Laboratory, the center of Confederate States Ordnance testing and production. Patrick W. McKinnon, Ocklochnee Light Infantry, died of typhoid fever July 18, 1862. William J. McKinnon, Ocklochnee Light Infantry, went to a hospital at Whitesville, GA; he died August 28th, 1862. B.F. Fudge, Thomasville Guards, was at a convalescent camp; he was discharged in August for being over age. Thirty-six-year-old Jarrod Johnson, who joined at Darrien, GA, had been incapacitated by rheumatism every single day of his enlistment and was discharged on certificate of disability on July 19, 1862. On July 22, 1862 Dempsey Griffin, Thomas Volunteers, died of pneumonia at Causton's Bluff. G. W. Martin, Thomasville Guards, caught Typhoid pneumonia and received a certificate of disability for discharge at Causton's Bluff, July 23, 1862. That same day, July 23, Cpl. William T. Connally and Wilber W. Williams, Stephens Volunteers, and Duncan R. McIntosh, 17th Patriots, died of fever in Savannah. James C. Smith, corporal of the Ochlockonee Light Infantry got sick and was sent to Guyton Hospital at Whitesville, GA where he died of intermittent fever on July 25, 1862. Greenberry Holt, 17th Patriots, enlisted at Causton's Bluff on May 16 and died of jaundice and fever on July 28, 1862. William Harper and James H. Lester, Thomasville Guards, got sick in July. Harper spent four months in the hospital but eventually returned to the regiment and served until the end of the war. Lester went home and on July 28, 1862 died of typhoid fever.
In August, 1862 Josiah Goode, Stephens Volunteers, went sick to the Savannah hospital and after several months of illness was furloughed home; he died September 14, 1863 of chronic diarrhea. In Stephens Volunteers, Sgt William J. Poole left camp in August and died of fever in Franklin County, GA on September 16, the same day Sgt Lowrey G. Patterson died of fever at Causton's Bluff. S. R. Taylor was assigned to duty as a hospital steward; the following month he was discharged, overage.
By August, the 25th Georgia Regiment had joined the garrison at Causton's Bluff. This was probably to the consternation of Lieutenant Perry although he apparently refrained from further commentary on the morals of the 25th.
On August 10, 1862 Edward "Ned" Holmes, a 2nd Lieutenant in the 25th Regiment, wrote to his family from Causton's Bluff:
Camp Costons Bluff,[Near Savannah] Aug. 10, 1862
Dear Mat and Viney,
I write you a few lines that leaves me about well except my mouth. I never was in such a fix with fever blisters before. I received a letter from you, Santanna just a few minutes ago. Alex Gamble is going to start home tonight. I will send this by him. I think my fever is broken entirely up. I have not had any since Friday morning so I feel as well as I did before I was taken. There is a deal good of sickness around —– but they are also not dying as fast as they were ten or fifteen days ago. There is a heap of heavy shooting going on today in the direction of Fort Pulaski. I don't know what it means. they are fixing up a volunteer company right now to go to Wilmington Island, a place we have never scouted.
It's beyond Whitemarsh and from where we are camped and on the way to Fort Pulaski. I don't know what information they expect to obtain by going to Wilmington. It's all under the General of the Fort and they never expect to hold it unless the fort is retaken which will never be done for there is nothing here to take it with. Morris is well. Miles is getting well. John Nobles is right sick. Washer Nobles came into our company this morning to stay. I may get off home when Sim gets back. I don't know. Everbody has been here longer than I have. I will be there by the first of September anyway if I keep well. And I am not afraid of being sick anymore this summer.
Love, Ned
P.S. Tell Mike if there are any of Cook's pills there to send me some. And I can manage my own cases.
The Chatham Artillery vacated Causton's Bluff on August 13, 1862, moving to White Bluff. The Berrien Minute Men, Company D, 29th Georgia Regiment would remain at Causton's Bluff through the first week of October.
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China manufacturing is reported to be in contraction and expansion simultaneously. The Chinese government reports expansion. The HBSC PMI says China is in contraction for the 6th consecutive month.
Obviously this is impossible, so the question is "who to believe?"
China Manufacturing Expands at Faster Pace
Bloomberg reports China's Stocks Rise Most in Two Weeks on Manufacturing, Fee Cut
China's stocks rose the most in two weeks after manufacturing expanded at a faster pace and the nation's two stock exchanges said they will cut trading fees by 25 percent to attract investors.
Citic Securities Co. and Haitong Securities Co. led brokerages higher on speculation the regulators' move may boost stock trading. Jiangxi Copper Co. and Yunnan Copper Industry Co. (000878) gained more than 9 percent after the Purchasing Managers' Index rose to 53.3 in April, the fastest pace in a year.
"We're definitely going to have a major bull market ahead," Jerry Lou, the chief strategy officer at Morgan Stanley Huaxin in Shanghai, said in an April 24 phone interview.
China Manufacturing Contracts 6th Consecutive Month
Markit reports China Manufacturing Sector Operating Conditions Deteriorate at Marginal Rate
April data pointed to further reductions in manufacturing output and new business, although rates of decline were marginal in both cases. Consequently, companies remained cautious with regards to hiring, highlighted by the index measuring trends in manufacturing employment reaching its lowest level in 37 months.
After adjusting for seasonal factors, the HSBC Purchasing Managers' Index™ (PMI™) – a composite indicator designed to give a single-figure snapshot of operating conditions in the manufacturing economy – posted 49.3 in April, up from 48.3 in March. That indicated a sixth successive month-on-month worsening of manufacturing sector operating conditions in China.
Key points
- Manufacturing output and new orders both fall at marginal rates
- Employment down at fastest rate in over three years
- Input cost inflation remains subdued
Commenting on the China Manufacturing PMI™ survey, Hongbin Qu, Chief Economist, China & Co-Head of Asian Economic Research at HSBC said:
"The upward revision to April's final PMI reading, compared to the flash estimate, confirms that the pace of China's slowdown is stabilized. The 8.1% y-o-y GDP growth is likely to be the cyclical trough. As easing measures are starting to work and additional easing measures are on the way in the light of accommodative inflation outlook in the coming months, we expect Chinese GDP growth to bottom out in 2Q and recover modestly to over 8.5% in 2H."
Cyclical Trough Coming Up?
What is with these perpetually bullish comments on Markit? I am seriously at a loss here.
For months on end we heard nonsense about no recession in Europe, followed by no recession in Germany, followed by calls for a short recession.
Then the bottom fell out days ago as noted in Eurozone Manufacturing PMI Hits 34 Month Low; German Manufacturing Hits 33 Month Low; Orders Drop Steeply Across the Board.
Absurd Predictions
Here we are again with preposterous predictions of a cyclical bottom in China.
I do not know what the next quarter will bring, or even the next several quarters, but these guys are not on the ball nor are they in left field. Frankly, they are not even in the ballpark.
If China GDP posts a cyclical bottom at 8.1% I will eat my hat. I believe, along with Michael Pettis at China Financial Markets that China will "average" 3.5% GDP or less for the rest of the decade.
For details, including two bets Pettis made with The Economist please see 12 Predictions by Michael Pettis on China; Non-Food Commodity Prices Will Collapse Over Next Three to Four Years; Nails in the Hard Landing Coffin?
If China growth slows to 3.5% or lower on average, the bottom will be far less, perhaps even negative. Regardless, the idea that China's GDP will bottom at 8.1% is absurd.
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In last week's blog (July 10 on ThinkAdvisor, The Cost of Fiduciary), I applauded NAIFA's objections to a fiduciary standard for brokers, as voiced in its comment letter to the SEC, for its sheer entertainment value alone (NAIFA CEO Susan Waters responded to my blog with one of her own).
The highlight of the NAIFA letter was the oldie but goodie that putting the interests of their clients first would be bad for business (I paraphrase). I also mentioned that there were many thoughtful letters in support of such a standard, chock full of investor-centric reasoning and supporting data. Perhaps the best of them (which is saying something), and maybe the best position paper I've read on the subject, was submitted by the Financial Planning Coalition (the FPA, NAPFA, and the CFP Board): It's a virtual delete button for arguments against the standard, and a reboot for the SEC's attempts to water down an eventual standard through the assumptions in its "request for information."
The Coalition's letter is a remarkable work (see the ThinkAdvisor news article by Melanie Waddell on the letter, along with separate submissions by SIFMA and Schwab, both of whom conducted surveys on the fiduciary standard). The Coalition's comment declares uncompromising support for a true fiduciary standard "that would apply to both broker-dealers and investment advisers, when providing personalized investment advice to retail customers… … no less stringent than the existing fiduciary duty standard under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940." And at the same time, the letter takes the SEC to task for trying to skew the outcome: "The Coalition is concerned that the assumptions presented in the RFI are not consistent with this standard." To wit: "The [The SEC's] Request For Information makes flawed assumptions about a fiduciary standard," and "the alternatives discussed in the RFI are not consistent with Section 913(g) [of the Dodd-Frank Act]."
But the real power of the Coalition's response is the data it includes to debunk the securities industry's current main objection to a fiduciary standard: That a fiduciary standard would cost too much. This data comes from a study of brokers and RIAs that the Boston-based Aite Group conducted this spring for the CFP Board, showing that rather than driving up costs and hurting business, adopting a fiduciary standard actually improves a broker's business.
In its Study, Aite surveyed 498 advisors, who fell into one of three groups: RIAs, dually registered reps (called fiduciary RRs), and FINRA-only registered reps (RRs). When asking these advisors about their business over the past five years, here's what they found:
- 55% of the RIAs had more than a 10% increase in client assets per year, compared to 46% of fiduciary RRs, and only 29% of RRs.
- While 38% of RIAs saw annual increases in revenue of more than a 10%, 50% Fiduciary RRs had increases of 10% or more, compared with only 31% of RRs.
- And 65% of RIAs increased their client "wallet share" more than 5% a year, with Fiduciary RRs at 64%, and RRs at 46%.
What about the costs of being fiduciaries? During this time, RIAs and Fiduciaries spent 5% of their time on compliance, while RRs spend 8%. And the concern that a fiduciary standard will force brokers to drop their less affluent clients? Aite found that the client bases of both the fiduciary and non-fiduciary RRs surveyed ranged between 5% and 10% mass-market clients, concluding: "This indicates that the lack of in-person advisory services available to mass-market clients is an industry-wide problem that is not likely to be exacerbated by the adoption of a fiduciary model."
What's more, Aite reported that "There is already good adoption of the fiduciary practice of asking clients for their informed consent of conflicts of interest among registered representatives:" 57% of dually-registered RRs and 44% of FINRA RRs are already asking their clients for informed consent after disclosing conflicts. In fact, 56% of the registered reps surveyed agreed that "A fiduciary standard of care is appropriate for all financial services providers who deliver personalized investment advice to retail investors."
Here's how the Coalition Letter summed it up: "The Aité Group study supports the conclusion that a uniform fiduciary standard will benefit retail customers and their financial advisers, and will not impose significant costs. Advisers at broker-dealers and at investment advisers who deliver services to their customers under a fiduciary standard find that they experience stronger asset growth, stronger revenue growth, and obtain a greater share of client assets than those that provide services primarily under a non-fiduciary model. Financial advisers who deliver services under a fiduciary standard also do not spend any more of their time on compliance or other back-office tasks.
So much for the-fiduciary-duty-will-cost-too-much argument. Still, this raises the question: If Fiduciary RRs have so much better businesses than non-fiduciary RRs, why are SIFMA and NAIFA so adamantly opposed to a uniform fiduciary duty for all RRs? For that answer, I suspect we'd need to do a study of brokerage firm profitability on non-fiduciary RRs.


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The SOS-Save our Species-supported project implemented by IUCN Member the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) in Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan, is proud to report a remarkable rebound in the markhor population. These results are largely due to conservation efforts focused on strengthening local institutions.
Community surveys led by WCS in the Kargah region in Northern Pakistan indicate a markhor population of roughly 300 individuals (up from 40-50 in 1991). These surveys suggest that the population in all of Gilgit-Baltistan may now be as high as 1,500 animals. This is a significant improvement from the last government estimate in 1999 which indicated the population as being below 1,000.
The markhor (Capra falconeri), Pakistan's national animal, is one of the largest and most magnificent members of the goat family. In 2008 the global population was estimated at 2,500 animals extending over Pakistan, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and India. The main threats to markhor in the region are illegal hunting, habitat destruction, and competition from domestic goats and sheep.
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Defenseman Gilroy returns to Rangersby Staff Writer / New York Rangers
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New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with free agent defenseman Matt Gilroy.
|Defenseman Matt Gilroy, a former winner of the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey's top player, spent his first two pro seasons with the Rangers.
Gilroy, 28, has registered six goals and nine assists for 15 points in 34 games with the Connecticut Whale of the American Hockey League (AHL) this season, after signing with the team as a free agent on October 8. He leads all Whale defensemen in goals, is tied for first in points and second in assists. He is also tied for second on Connecticut with four power play goals. Gilroy has recorded three multi-point efforts, including two, two-goal performances on October 19 at Norfolk and November 23 at Bridgeport. He ranked fourth on the team in scoring in November with eight points, and tied for second on the Whale with four goals in 10 games.
The North Bellmore, New York native split last season between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Ottawa Senators, establishing NHL career-highs in assists (17), points (20) and hits (59) in 67 games. Gilroy also recorded a career-high, four multi-point performances, including three multi-assist efforts. He began the season with Tampa Bay, where he ranked second among team defensemen in assists (15) and points (17) at the time of his trade to Ottawa on February 27. Gilroy also skated in three playoff contests with the Senators.
The 6-1, 199-pounder has skated in 194 career NHL games in three seasons with the Rangers, Tampa Bay and Ottawa, registering 10 goals and 36 assists for 46 points, along with 55 penalty minutes and a plus-seven rating. He returns to the Rangers where he has recorded seven goals and 19 assists for 26 points in 127 games from 2009-10 to 2010-11, after signing with the team as an undrafted free agent on April 17, 2009. Gilroy made his NHL debut on October 2, 2009 at Pittsburgh, and tallied his first career NHL point with the game-winning goal on October 5, 2009 at New Jersey. He tied for sixth among NHL rookie defensemen with a career-high, four goals that season. In 2010-11, Gilroy notched a goal while making his NHL playoff debut on April 13 in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals at Washington.
Prior to turning professional, Gilroy skated in four seasons with Boston University of Hockey East, registering 25 goals and 67 assists for 92 points, along with 46 penalty minutes and a plus-78 rating in 160 career collegiate contests. In 2008-09, he captured the Hobey Baker Award, given to the top player in collegiate hockey, and was named as a First Team All-American after captaining the Terriers to their fifth NCAA championship.


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Ibiza's summer clubbing season is an orgy of hedonism, full of beats, late nights and frazzled young things. It reaches a messy climax in September, when the main club promoters and venues host a series of seratonin-sapping parties to round things off and extract a few final euros from their battered punters. These end-of-season events tend to attract an older clubbing crowd, who prefer to hop over to Ibiza for a cheeky long weekend, avoiding the gangs of teenage pill-monsters that descend on the island in late July and August. The British rave dinosaurs join a resident hardcore of Ibizan clubbers and an international cast of party freaks and techno geeks, all brought together by a common appetite for dance music.
Where you go depends on your tastes. In San Antonio, the young crowd gathers at Eden and Es Paradis, whose entire dancefloor is flooded just before sunrise, while in the village of San Rafael, Amnesia's essential closing party usually throws open its doors for free after 4am – the last worn-out dancers are often still there come mid-afternoon. Just across the road, Privilege, the world's biggest club, parted ways with the famously debauched Manumission in 2008, but still throws closing parties for crowds of up to 10,000. In a laudable attempt to inject fresh energy into the scene, Ibiza Rocks has added live music, including Florence and the Machine and Pendulum, to the mix in recent years. Across the island in Ibiza Town, the elegant Pacha has the cream of the world's best DJs, including Erick Morillo and David Guetta, cranking things up to delirious levels. Four kilometres south of Ibiza Town, the after-party at Space usually gets going around 8am, with punters donning shades and getting down on the legendary terrace before moving inside, where the walls quiver to progressive techno.
The Space closing party was once the event in the Ibiza club calendar but lately it has lost out to the hardcore action down at DC10. The no-frills club has had regular battles with the authorities over licensing, but it's gained a loyal crowd of the hippest partiers (and most outrageous mullets) in Ibiza).
The Ibiza closing parties take place in the last three weeks of September; DJ, Pacha and MixMag magazines have listings.
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Super sweet? Palomar's hyper power pop
Imagine, if you will, a dark and stormy night in the lab of Dr. Frankenstein. Having already created life once, he turns his attention to giving form and free will to something even more challenging, the ethereal world of descriptive words and phrases!
Not wanting to bite off more than he can chew (again) he decides to start small, and seeing his daughter's teen magazines strewn around the lab, makes his choice. After the switch is thrown, the mad cackling of Dr. Frankenstein subsides, the smoke clears, and there stand, at one corner of the lab, four young 20somethings who call themselves Palomar.
Palomar are the walking personification of "sass."
From Palomar's press you'd have to suspect that either the members of the group have all had especially traumatic childhoods/adolescenses they don't want to talk about, or perfectly sedate and easy-going ones that aren't worthy of so much as passing nods. You get no clue to who the band is from their bio.
Take a deep breath: In New York in April 1998, the original three members of the group– Rachel, Sasha, and Matt (no last names)—formed Palomar and released two cassettes and later a 14-track CD; then a second guitarist and vocalist, Christina– from the group Trixie Belden—came on board, Sasha left the band, and Sarah from the "non-metal" Philadelphia group Overlord joined up to take her place.
To help you keep track, currently the band is Rachel on lead guitar, Sarah on bass, Christina on second guitar, and Matt taking up the time-honored position as the male drummer of an otherwise all-female group.
The band play an amazingly cute (fairly "twee," to drop an indie-rock term on ya) version of that power-pop sound we all know and love. Think the Breeders minus the weed and on uppers, sucking on helium, and you have an idea of Palomar's sound.
"Quirky" might be a descriptive adjective which, brought to life, might embody Palomar-– or subject us all to another Kiss reunion tour. Everyone is fine on their respective instruments, probably not good enough to give lessons at the Music and Arts Center when they break up or get old, but acceptable nonetheless– and the songwriting is not too shabby.
The best thing about Palomar, though, is the vocals. On some of the tracks on the group's latest release, Palomar II, at least three members of the group are singing at once, including their outnumbered drummer, sometimes trading off lines, sometimes doing tight harmonies– producing a sound easily worthy of becoming the theme song of some hip new Nickelodeon cartoon show.
Palomar is great fun to listen to in the comfort of your own home, and reportedly even more fun live. If you can stand the danger of late-onset diabetes from their confectioners' delivery, you'll have a great time.
Palomar, Elekibass, 63 Crayons, VHS and the Babies at Tokyo Rose, March 6. $5, 10:30pm.


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Group saw 1,000 calls for service in 24 hours
As yet another winter weather advisory hit the Tri-State, the snow started early and so did the calls to AAA.
After receiving over 1,000 calls in the last 24 hours, the busy morning came as no surprise.
Fleet supervisor Zach Westphal tells us that the main issues they see during these types of weather events are dead batteries and tire changes, both of which can most likely be prevented.
"Well if you get your battery tested regularly, you can kinda keep on top of it when it starts to get weak and get it replaced as preventative maintenance. You can get your tires checked for sufficient tread depth. Of course, the more tread you have on your tires the less likely you're going to slide off the road," Westphal said. "Other than that, just slow down and be careful out there."
Westphal was helping Brenda Hoyt, who knows all too well about what should be done during winter weather. After a stern warning from AAA just a few days ago, she still took a chance on a bad battery cell.
"Be responsible and act immediately. Do not delay. I was fortunate -- I was here, at home, and I was able to pull it into the garage, but what if I had been out at a grocery store or a parking lot and it wouldn't start?" she said.
Another protective measure suggested by AAA are winter readiness kits that include snacks, blankets, jumper cables, flashlights, and anything else you may need if you find yourself in a stranded situation.
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In the late 15th century, the village of Poppleton was lorded over by the Earl of Paunchley, who lived in a castle just outside of it. A cruel tyrant, he made life miserable for the village folk, meting out harsh punishments for minor misdeeds.[1]
In 1484, the Earl decided to hold a jousting tournament, making attendance compulsory for all residents of Poppleton. Edmund Gaddlegate, a young boy, broke his leg, and his mother sent word to the Earl that he would not be able to attend. The Earl declared that, as punishment, Edmund would be forced to face off against him in a jousting match. However, as the Earl charged at Edmund, a witch among the spectators, Hannah Cockleford, cast a Shield Charm between them. Edmund was saved and the Earl ended up thinking he was a donkey named Hairy Cyril for the rest of his life after his horse fell on him.[1]
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From our ley line From your forest from Lindenmere That s not right It s not wrong, but it s only half right It s hard for the dreams to hear you This book made me ache, laugh, pine and hope so much hope I want to put another cautionary note that although Adam and Ronan have moments in CDTH This novel is not in anyway focused on their relationship Adam is a large part of Ronan s life but they re now on different paths going different directions in an effort to come to themselves But this is not to say that they aren t still the two soft cinnamon rolls desperately in love with each other Also, for those that are expecting ride or die friendships like the gang in TRC, this is not that either It s darker and dire it focuses on a very different dynamic I fell in love with the slow building in this book because of that reason If anything, Maggie Stiefvater just proved to me that she can write than one trick You are made of dreams and this world is not for you Another major contributor to my adoration of this book was Stiefvater s writing To give you an idea, I read the prologue and everything inside me felt at peace but electric at the same time Her writing is lyrical and the effect is somewhat of a trance I could not put this book down I flew through the pages and was consumed with the need to know what happens In an effort to try and encapsulate what a gem of a book this was What it was the interconnected lives of a bunch of misfits, some who dream, some who have come from dreams and some who want the world to stop dreaming.What we didn t know we needed in life For Parsifal Bauer to reach peak Parsifalness What we got ronan and declan making a routine list,a room full of murder crabs, a Lynch falling in love, a black market for weird fantasy objects,ronan being soft for adam and adam being adam, the many frustrating exchanges of business cards and, a return to Lindenmere We fool ourselves better than anyone when we re afraid Side Note woke up to Maggie retweeting my graphics and I m not okay Pre Review plans cancelled sweatpants onalex excited af ronan lynch watch me finish this in a whole ass day. 1 The Raven Boys 2 The Dream Thieves 3 Blue Lily, Lily Blue 4 The Raven King 4.5 Opal Jesus Maggie Stiefvater s mind and prose 11 10.Blog Instagram Twitter Tumblr Youtube Twitch Ronan Lynch is everything I think it means I m a raven That makes you a raven boy The Dream Thieves Squash one squash two squash three AAYYYYYYYYYYY LMAO GET IT I am honestly not even surprised to hear about this Extremely happy Hell yeah Surprised Not really.It s no secret Ronan has always been Maggie s favorite, and when she first started writing TRB it was meant to be about Ronan and his dreams I think it s time to find out what The Raven Cycle was originally supposed to be about AWW i could stare at this gif forever This is exactly how i picture my Adam THAT SMILE HEART EYES Thanks for the straight teeth then Look at them straight ass teeth Tell me this isn t a perfect Adam Parrish Don t get me wrong, i adore Gansey But everything Ronan Lynch does is just 50 times interesting than looking for the dead king, or waiting for some true love s kiss to happen My only question is whether it s prequel to TRC series or does it come after I know, i know, everyone is super excited about PYNCH myself included but i could kill for a prequel There are so many questions The Raven King gave me no answers Plus, i d rather read Ronan and Adam s earlier interactions AHHHH let s not forget Kavinsky and Ronan trying to kill each other MY HEART I JUST WANT TO KNOW WHAT RONAN WAS LIKE BEFORE HIS FATHER S DEATH, DAMN IT To all you Ronan haters out there This kid gets so much hate Him and Adam, both And i do not get it Some people feel this urge to tell me how much they dislike them and why, as soon as they find out how crazy i am about this series are we still calling it the raven cycle , and how Gansey is the main character blah blah blah Guess what I DON T GIVE A SINGLE FUCK You are not coming in my house and insulting my children Not acceptable Get out Bye, bye The dreamers walk among usand so do the dreamed Those who dream cannot stop dreaming they can only try to control it Those who are dreamed cannot have their own lives they will sleep forever if their dreamers die.And then there are those who are drawn to the dreamers To use them To trap them To kill them before their dreams destroy us all.Ronan Lynch is a dreamer He can pull both curiosities and catastrophes out of his dreams and into his compromised reality.Jordan Hennessy is a thief The closer she comes to the dream object she is after, theinextricably she becomes tied to it Carmen Farooq Lane is a hunter Her brother was a dreamerand a killer She has seen what dreaming can do to a person And she has seen the damage that dreamers can do But that is nothing compared to the destruction that is about to be unleashed Cool Fun to exist in this perpetual state of agony I m fine.Update 9 26 19 Just popping back in a few weeks before publication to say that I think this is so worth the wait This is ambitious, original, and darkly fascinating It offers so much character development and is occasionally just batshit crazy with its worldbuilding and fantastical elements Once you start reading it is impossible to look away I can t wait to talk about this book nonstop with all of you soon. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH ASDFGJIJLMN SSKAKDKSJSJASKKDKDKEAK WE HAVE A COVER AND A RELEASE DATE 5th November 2019 OMG I am freaking out here Yes Yes YESH runs around hyper for eternity Maggie you perfect and sneaky human being This is the best early birthday present ever P.S Of course we have a title too How could I forget about the title I m so freaking excited An entire series AN ENTIRE SERIES That means Three books about about RONAN FREAKING LYNCH And hopefully ADAM FREAKING PARRISH SIGN ME UP I m crying tears of joy 33333 dies Uhh we have a title And a cover AND A RELEASE DATE Did I just pre order this almost a year in advance You bet yer butt I did Sometimes I m having a bad day and I just randomly remember that this is going to exist someday and it brings a tear of joy to my eye


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Yanks turn triple play, top O's
New York takes series opener against Baltimore
The Yankees turned a triple play in the eighth inning after Adam Jones dropped Vernon Wells' fly ball while blowing a bubble for a game-changing, three-run error, and New York beat the Baltimore Orioles 5-2 Friday night for its fourth straight win.
Baltimore started the eighth with two singles off CC Sabathia (2-1), and Manny Machado hit a sharp low liner that second baseman Robinson Cano.
Cano tossed it to shortstop Jayson Nix for the forceout at second. Nick Markakis, thinking the ball was going to be caught by Cano, got trapped in a rundown between second and third base.
Third baseman Kevin Youkilis tagged Markakis and then threw to first baseman Lyle Overbay when Machado ranged too far off the bag. Overbay then threw to Cano, who tagged Machado, setting off a smiling celebration by New York.
The Yankees had last turned a triple play on April 22, 2010, at Oakland.


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The Obama administration, without making any demands on the Palestinians who haven't abided by any parts of the Road Map, insisted that Israel freeze all settlement activity, including such little things as bathroom additions and new floors on houses. The Israeli administration just thumbed its nose at the US:
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak approved the building of 455 housing units in the West Bank, defying U.S. demands for a freeze on settlement construction.
Israel is saying very clearly, to an administration very hostile to its interests: "We belong here, and we will act appropriately. We will not allow you to turn ever more parts of our nation, ours by right of ancient history, purchase, world treaties and war, into Judenrein territory."
Apparently The One lacks the magic touch when it comes to the Middle East.
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Girl's Weekend Trip
When thinking of the perfect getaway for 13 women, all looking for fun, spending the weekend on a houseboat may not immediately spring to mind. Well, maybe for you it would, since you are a Houseboat magazine reader. But in general, some women might suggest a weekend at a spa or shopping on Rodeo Drive.
But for Lisa Merlo and her 12 friends, all from Algonac, Mich., a weekend last summer turned into an adventure on the water, one they'll be talking about for years to come.
Merlo has been to Lake Cumberland in Kentucky on a houseboat vacation three years running, and is an old pro at the process. In fact, she had earned a Captain's Club membership with the State Dock Marina, giving her a 5 to 10 percent discount on the rental.
It was agreed upon early that assignments for food and other supplies would be given to each participant, and allowances for personal items were accounted for. By the time everyone arrived at the dock, there were 13 carts full of supplies, plus coolers, to load onto the 81-foot behemoth, and with that kind of size, there was plenty of room for all.
Marie Eaves, one of the vacationers, also had a previous houseboating experience, and actually booked three houseboats for a large family gathering two years earlier."We definitely over packed on that trip and had so much left over because we packed everything!" Eaves said. "The pictures are kind of funny with all that was packed that year."
This experience was shared with the Algonac group, and everyone worked hard to bring only what they truly needed. "Do not over pack the food," Melanie Leuffgen, fellow traveler, shared. With limited space in the refrigerator and cupboard storage for non-perishable goods, there will not be enough room for everyone to bring everything they could ever possibly need, but if planned well, no one need go hungry or without.
Eaves added, "You need just enough to get through the amount of days on the boat without over packing." Eaves suggested that since you'll be in a bathing suit most of the time anyway, there's no need to put together the perfect clothing ensemble for every day of the trip either.
In the end, the four-day weekend was all about having a great time and bonding.
"Just being able to kick back and enjoy ourselves in our own private world was great," Merlo said. Eaves commented that even with 13 people aboard, the boat felt wide open. "There is enough room on the boats that you don't run into people and still have a great time," she said. "We all loved how houseboating combines finding your own private corner of the globe with the feeling that you're at a nice hotel."
One thing that is important to have is someone who can pilot the houseboat. This group had several women who could get the boat from place to place, which is good. But having prior houseboating experience is not required. With some instruction and experience, anyone can make a good houseboat captain. In fact, before you set out, an experienced captain at State Dock will give you a lesson on the operation of the boat. They drive everyone in and out of the marina, and while on the lake, all you need to do is ease into the bank and tie off. If you have any questions along the way, help is just a radio call away.
In interviewing the women, one aspect of the vacation that came back time and time again was the amenities. Leuffgen gushed about all that was included on the boat. "Six bedrooms, two baths, two slides and a hot tub with a bar on the top deck!" she boasted. Add in the party top, and anyone could have a great time in those circumstances! The houseboat also included TV's with DVD players in all the bedrooms, central air conditioning, GPS navigation unit, stove, microwave, dishwasher, clothes washer and dryer and a satellite tracking unit for access to satellite television anywhere.
"I would absolutely recommend this type of trip for all ages," Eaves said, "Why? Because it is a great way to be together, relax and just kick back doing what you want, when you want."
Merlo also expressed her appreciation for this type of vacation. "It is by far the best vacation ever," she said. "You can go with friends, family, or whoever. There is so much to do on the boat that you never get bored. Swimming, hot tub, slides, time to read or play cards, or do nothing at all, it is your choice."
"Your normal life just slowly escapes you," Leuffgen added. For anyone interested in having a houseboat vacation at State Dock on Lake Cumberland, know you'll be right at the heart of the world capital for houseboating, so you're in good hands.
Learn more about houseboat rentals at State Dock by visiting http://www.statedock.com/ or by calling 888-782-8336. An email form is also available on the website for questions.


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What kind of track is it? Is it an open area or a sort of maze? Because you're idea is not that easy to realize. If it's a maze or something like that, then its easier to use a ultrasonic sensor or a line-follower.
Take a look at this http://docs.opencv.org/doc/tutorials/imgproc/imgtrans/hough_lines/hough_lines.html This code should work for you, but you'll have to read a webcam image instead of an image file. Then you'll have to send the line info, via serial, to the arduino and write a program to turn the motors based on the data.
but as I'm a starter in OpenCV, Let me know what's gonna be the output (of the processed image?)can i assign it on a variable to work with the further programming?
for( size_t i = 0; i < lines.size(); i++ ){ float rho = lines[i][0], theta = lines[i][1]; Point pt1, pt2; double a = cos(theta), b = sin(theta); double x0 = a*rho, y0 = b*rho; pt1.x = cvRound(x0 + 1000*(-b)); pt1.y = cvRound(y0 + 1000*(a)); pt2.x = cvRound(x0 - 1000*(-b)); pt2.y = cvRound(y0 - 1000*(a)); line( cdst, pt1, pt2, Scalar(0,0,255), 3, CV_AA);}


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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Hi there,
Yes... it certainly has been awhile since I have posted. There many reasons that I'm sure in the coming days and weeks I will discuss. The biggest though has been my schedule. It has really been hectic these past few months, and still is in a lot of ways. However, I am feeling a routine coming, finally.
A second reason, probably a result of the hectic schedule and all, the passion to write wasn't there. Pretty simple. Last week though, I noticed that I really do miss it and have made my inner pledge to get back into something I really enjoy... writing this blog and running my website that go hand and hand with one another. In fact the creative juices in my mind started to flow again last night. The gerbil is back on the wheel, if you will.. ha!
With that said, I am first and foremost interested in a total overhaul of the website first and foremost. I have thought about it and did some research into my stats, which everyday still amazes me how many people visit and from where they come from. I've decided that the website itself needs help.. a lot. So, in the coming days and weeks, that will have what I hope to be a new fresh look. Less features, but more impact on the features you all want to see and use.
There so many websites out there these days on country music that the material, is well, basically the same. You can go to those sites for the details and such. I want to be your starting block. That goes back to the core feel of Country Music Alive, to promote country music in a positive way and bring more fans into a music that I dearly love. What will be on the new website? What will it look like? Your guess is good as mine... I am thinking through writing right now. I have ideas, I have a few visions.. but no visual plan yet.
I do know the blog isn't going anywhere, nor is the Twitter feed, nor the website, and I am to the point now I can't wait to get started and stop typing here... so I will stop.
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We're Ready When You Are: Far Niente and Nickel & Nickel are Open For Tastings. Learn more
Excuse me, that's a provocative title for a wine seminar! Earlier this month I had the pleasure of defending just that concept in the context of Dolce. Pebble Beach Food & Wine afforded the opportunity for me to share the 2001 Dolce from three bottle sizes, ranging from 375ml, 750ml up to the magnum (1.5L), with about 80 guests.
The wines were fabulous! The 2001 vintage is rich with apricot flavors and honeyed, silky texture. And the expression proved true: the smaller bottles showed more of a perfume of stone fruits yet the magnum retained an earthy and mineral quality that was notably stronger.
Why? If I can put on my propeller-hat and make a scientific observation, I would suggest that the effects of oxidation were less noticeable in the larger bottle because subtle aroma notes were reductive in nature. I venture it's all driven by oxygen ingress at bottling or over the lifetime in the bottle thereafter. It's with some certainty that I feel the greatest oxygen insult to wine occurs on the bottling line – not afterward, but that's the subject of a book, not blog.
I have two hunches: (1) each bottle, no matter the size, receives the same exposure to oxygen during the bottling process. And, (2) given that the 375ml, 750ml and magnum bottles all have roughly the same geometry in the neck and with the cork, it's reasonable to assume that the factors which influence oxygen ingress over time are about the same for all three bottle sizes. (Hunch #2 can be forgotten if there are significant temperature fluctuations during storage … but that's another story, too.)
The concept we should all remember is that the 750ml has twice as much volume as the 375ml, and that for the magnum is four-fold greater than the 375ml. If the same amount of oxygen is introduced to the bottle early in its lifetime, then it's simply the increasing volumes which dilute the effects of oxygen over time. Simply put, I would expect the 750ml to age twice as slowly as the 375ml, and the magnum four times as slowly. Of course, I assume that the storage conditions are ideal and the differences from cork to cork are small.
Enough. The wines were lovely, and I was pleased to see that the 2001 is still youthful in its fruit expression. I am confident that it will continue to age gracefully for years to come.
The Dolce display at Far Niente shows wines in a variety of bottle sizes (375ml – 3L) and in a variety of vintages. As Dolce ages, the color turns from honey to a rich amber.


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In the old Mitte district of Berlin, the German Historical Museum provides a fascinating view of German history in an international context.
The permanent exhibition in the baroque Zeughaus (armoury) brings together over 8,000 objects of unique historical value. One-off exhibitions are staged in architect I.M. Pei's modern exhibition hall. Visitors will gain a stimulating insight into the past while learning about the political, social, economic and philosophical developments that have shaped it.
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